[NewMusic] Partched

[Matthew Goodheart]

For that matter, what about Homer, or any of the recited/sung epics, 
the Mahabbarata, the Toin, etc?


On Apr 28, 2007, at 12:46 PM, Jon Raskin wrote:

> Now that you mention it there are a lot of examples.  Milhaud piece 
> where
> they recite a recipe for a drink,  John Cage's lectures, Lori 
> Anderson's
> work,  Steve Lacy really looked at melody and poetry.  In folk music 
> there
> is a tradition of speaking lyrics. Would the Greek choir qualify?